Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-21
CLERKS CONTRIBUTE.
Sisters Of Charity Visit the interior
Department Every Pay Day
and Solicit Contributions.
Judge Cooley's Modest Style of Living.
the Secret to Bancroft's Life
and Many Accomplishments.
President Angel OF Ann Arbor Mich, thu
newly Appointed h6embsr of the
Fishery Commission, IN Town.

EXAMPLE SET BY SECRETARY LAMAR.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-SecretarY La
mar is a most charitable man, and his
many deeds of kindness ars we'll remem-
bered by the recipisnts OF his generosity.
When he W2s appointed Secretary of the
Interior he was appealed to by several
Sisters OF Chsrity connected with the
charitable institutions OF Washington, to
allow them to visit the Interior Depart
ment and other bureaus under his control
and solicit contributions for the cause
they represented. Their appeal was not
in vain, and at every pay day these re-
cluse sisters, clad in their sombre habili-
ments, may be seen standing ct the door
OF the discussing officer of the bureaus
with outstretched hand to receive the
offerings of the clerks and employees,
which amounts to no inconsiderable sum
each month. The Secretary himself al
ways gives them ive-doilGr bill, and Of
ten more. 1t seems that when Mr.. Ls-
mars first wife was living she was
nursed through several severe illnesses
oY Sisters OF Charity, whose untiring de-
votion and care has never been forgotten
by the Secretary. Hence it is that the
doors of the Interior Department are
always open TO these disciples of the
Roman church, who receive perhaps more
from this one source than all the other
departments combined, as the Interior
Department is the largest in point of
personnel OF ali the departments Of the
government. AS the clerks know that
Mr.. Lamar takes personal interest in
these contributions, their offerings are
4ho, |,
be.
JUDGE COOLEY A HARD WORKER.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-Judge Cooley.
chairman of the Interstate commerce
commission is very hard worker, begin
ming his labors early and sitting up very
late. He arrives at the rooms of the
commerce commission early in the morn
ing, remains late in the afternoon and
takes less than an hour at noon for SIM
pie lunch. He is man of medium size,
but so very thin that he looks tall. He
dresses poorly, and his well worn dark
diagonal coat is beginning 10 shine
brightly. He wears shabby silk hat
with the fur always rubbed the wrong
way. He lives modestly by himself and
has not brought his family to Washington.
HISTORIAN AND LIBRARIAN.
Special TO Jne Gazette
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-One would
hardly think, to see Mr. Bancroft on
horseback, that he had passed his eighty
seventh year. He is still active and able
to take his usual exercise. He attributes
his good health to his regular habits. Mr..
Bancroft is believer in system and has
certain number of hours slotted to
each kind of special work upon which he
is engaged. Few have any idea how, by
being methodical, Mr.. Bancroft can get
through with an amount of business that
would seem Incredible to the unfinished.
Every day he devotes several hours to
labor on his history of the United States,
either in the preparation Of new
matter or the revision of proofs.
If Mr.. Bancroft's health and strength
continues, he will possibly engage in 9TH
er itersry work during the next year.
His constant companion on horseback
travels over the country surrounding
Washington is Mr.. Spofford, the well
known Librarian of Congress. They may
be seen together almost every afternoon,
and on Sundays they ride over twenty
miles, thinking nothing Of Z trot to Great
Falls and back, q distance OF forty miles.
Secretary Bayerd sometimes accompanies
are firm friends and find much pleasure
and mutual profit in each others COM
pany and are always seen together.
MEMBER OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 President An
CELL OF Ann Arbor, Mich, member Of
the fishery commission recently ap-
pointed, is well preserved man some
thing over fifty years of age. He has a.
clear eye and an open face, which lights
up when he is talking earnestly on themes
with which he is familiar. de is very
dignifed but not cold, and his manner.
strikes you at once as being altogether
gentle. He lives while here with his sis
ter, Mrs Peter Collier, wife of the former
chemist of the Agricultural Department,
who has devoted much of his time to the
investigation Of sugar making from sor-
ghum, with good and practical results.
RAILROAD LANDS.
WASHINGTON, Nov 20.-It has come
to the attention of Secretary Lamar that
in carrying ous his directions relative to
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